1942.185.58: Flower Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Zun' Vessel with Flanges
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.58
- Title
- Flower Vase in the Form of an Archaic Bronze 'Zun' Vessel with Flanges
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- probably 15th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province
- Period
- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/205355
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Numbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple and blue glaze, the domed base with a turquoise blue glaze, the rim banded with metal
- Technique
- Jun
- Dimensions
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max.: H. 25.1 × mouth Diam. 20.9 cm (9 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
foot: Diam. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)
weight: 3261.6 g
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
- Accession Year
- 1942
- Object Number
- 1942.185.58
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 72, no. 127
- Rose Kerr, Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World, ACC Art Books (Hong Kong, 2021), p. 283, no. 190
Exhibition History
- Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952
- The Art of Southern Sung China, Asia House, 04/15/1962
- Adorning the Inner Court: Jun Ware for the Chinese Palace, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2017 - 08/13/2017
- Earthly Delights: 6,000 Years of Asian Ceramics, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2022 - 08/14/2022
Subjects and Contexts
- Jun Ware
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